Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 58 63
Rank change year-on-year -57 +5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,441 1,848 3,658
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.59% 4.26% 3.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 4.56% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 996 1,062 2,757
10th Percentile £49,375 £48,694 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £83,759
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.90% -8.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,484 40,549 82,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.46% 93.37% 85.36%
Number of salaries quoted 42,329 22,500 59,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -54 1,312 £75,000 - 550
London +4 696 £87,500 +2.94% 242
UK excluding London -121 623 £67,500 -3.57% 354
Work from Home -38 619 £70,000 -2.77% 322
North of England -56 289 £69,310 -3.74% 122
North West -57 144 £70,000 -3.45% 74
South East -109 136 £70,000 +3.70% 108
Yorkshire -43 94 £69,310 -5.94% 25
South West -87 62 £52,500 -23.39% 39
Midlands -103 56 £67,500 +3.85% 44
North East +1 51 £65,000 +30.00% 23
East of England -23 41 £60,100 +4.52% 20
West Midlands -68 35 £75,000 +7.14% 21
Scotland -82 31 £62,500 -19.14% 14
East Midlands -78 20 £67,500 +8.00% 23
Wales -34 9 £53,171 +2.25% 6
Northern Ireland -30 7 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
Isle of Man - 1 £35,000 - 1

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (2.01%) Apache Spark
2 17 (1.18%) Apache
2 17 (1.18%) Confluence
3 15 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.97%) IIS
5 13 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 13 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 12 (0.83%) JBoss
7 11 (0.76%) CMS
8 7 (0.49%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.28%) Appian
9 4 (0.28%) Camunda
9 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.28%) WordPress
10 3 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.21%) Drupal
10 3 (0.21%) Liferay
10 3 (0.21%) nginx
10 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 12 (0.83%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.49%) Maya
4 6 (0.42%) PlantUML
5 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.21%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.14%) Endur
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.069%) Actimize
6 1 (0.069%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.069%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.069%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.069%) Quorum
6 1 (0.069%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.069%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.069%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.069%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 772 (53.57%) AWS
2 588 (40.80%) Azure
3 301 (20.89%) GCP
4 240 (16.66%) Serverless
5 152 (10.55%) SaaS
6 121 (8.40%) Azure DevOps
7 117 (8.12%) GitHub
8 116 (8.05%) AWS Lambda
9 104 (7.22%) Amazon S3
10 84 (5.83%) Amazon EKS
11 83 (5.76%) AWS CloudFormation
12 73 (5.07%) Amazon SQS
13 68 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
14 60 (4.16%) Amazon EC2
15 55 (3.82%) Azure Service Bus
16 47 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 45 (3.12%) Datadog
18 44 (3.05%) Azure AKS
19 42 (2.91%) OpenShift
20 41 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.16%) Broadband
2 15 (1.04%) Network Security
3 12 (0.83%) HTTP
4 9 (0.62%) DNS
5 7 (0.49%) AMQP
5 7 (0.49%) Firewall
5 7 (0.49%) Internet
5 7 (0.49%) VPN
6 6 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.42%) MQTT
7 5 (0.35%) DHCP
7 5 (0.35%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.28%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.28%) LTE
8 4 (0.28%) SNMP
8 4 (0.28%) WAN
9 3 (0.21%) Modbus
9 3 (0.21%) RFID
10 2 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (13.25%) NoSQL
2 172 (11.94%) PostgreSQL
3 165 (11.45%) MongoDB
4 93 (6.45%) SQL Server
5 80 (5.55%) MySQL
6 71 (4.93%) Relational Database
7 60 (4.16%) DynamoDB
8 59 (4.09%) Elasticsearch
9 39 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
10 36 (2.50%) Redis
11 35 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 35 (2.43%) BigQuery
12 29 (2.01%) Big Data
13 23 (1.60%) RDBMS
14 16 (1.11%) Pinecone
15 14 (0.97%) Power BI
16 11 (0.76%) DB2
17 10 (0.69%) Data Lake
18 8 (0.56%) Tableau
19 7 (0.49%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 186 (12.91%) Git
2 127 (8.81%) GitLab
3 125 (8.67%) Jenkins
4 49 (3.40%) JIRA
4 49 (3.40%) TeamCity
5 35 (2.43%) Cucumber
6 33 (2.29%) CircleCI
7 32 (2.22%) Cypress.io
8 31 (2.15%) JUnit
9 20 (1.39%) Claude Code
9 20 (1.39%) Maven
9 20 (1.39%) Mockito
10 19 (1.32%) Bitbucket
11 18 (1.25%) Selenium
12 17 (1.18%) Vite
13 16 (1.11%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.62%) JMeter
15 8 (0.56%) Visual Studio
16 7 (0.49%) NUnit
16 7 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
General
1 417 (28.94%) Finance
2 313 (21.72%) Social Skills
3 152 (10.55%) Banking
4 109 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 93 (6.45%) Law
6 92 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
7 68 (4.72%) Retail
8 66 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 46 (3.19%) Financial Institution
10 44 (3.05%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.64%) Back Office
12 23 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.32%) Billing
14 18 (1.25%) Advertising
14 18 (1.25%) Legal
15 15 (1.04%) Games
15 15 (1.04%) Marketing
16 13 (0.90%) Aerospace
16 13 (0.90%) Front Office
17 10 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 498 (34.56%) Developer
2 384 (26.65%) Senior
3 278 (19.29%) Software Engineer
4 209 (14.50%) Architect
5 182 (12.63%) Lead
6 123 (8.54%) Full-Stack Developer
7 118 (8.19%) Java Developer
8 117 (8.12%) Senior Developer
9 98 (6.80%) Java Engineer
10 97 (6.73%) Senior Software Engineer
11 87 (6.04%) .NET Developer
12 86 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
13 60 (4.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 54 (3.75%) Software Developer
15 53 (3.68%) Lead Developer
16 51 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
17 46 (3.19%) Principal Engineer
18 43 (2.98%) C# Developer
18 43 (2.98%) Java Software Engineer
18 43 (2.98%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 322 (22.35%) React
2 302 (20.96%) .NET
3 276 (19.15%) RESTful
4 247 (17.14%) Node.js
5 226 (15.68%) Spring
6 220 (15.27%) REST
7 205 (14.23%) Spring Boot
8 179 (12.42%) Kafka
9 116 (8.05%) AngularJS
10 96 (6.66%) .NET Core
11 91 (6.32%) gRPC
12 83 (5.76%) HTML
13 77 (5.34%) Vue
14 75 (5.20%) ASP.NET
15 74 (5.14%) CSS
16 67 (4.65%) RabbitMQ
17 65 (4.51%) .NET Framework
18 52 (3.61%) OAuth
19 51 (3.54%) Middleware
20 49 (3.40%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 412 (28.59%) Cloud Native
2 249 (17.28%) Distributed Systems
3 109 (7.56%) Product Ownership
4 86 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
6 56 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
7 46 (3.19%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (3.12%) Over-the-Top Content
9 39 (2.71%) Algorithms
10 38 (2.64%) Data Structures
11 30 (2.08%) Distributed Architecture
12 26 (1.80%) Blockchain
13 24 (1.67%) AI Agents
13 24 (1.67%) Mobile App
13 24 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
14 21 (1.46%) Public Cloud
15 20 (1.39%) Virtual Team
16 17 (1.18%) Web3
17 16 (1.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 76 (5.27%) Linux
2 42 (2.91%) Windows
3 20 (1.39%) Unix
4 14 (0.97%) Android
5 7 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.35%) CentOS
6 5 (0.35%) Debian
6 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.21%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.069%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (49.20%) CI/CD
2 572 (39.69%) Agile
3 541 (37.54%) DevOps
4 530 (36.78%) Software Engineering
5 387 (26.86%) Containerisation
6 349 (24.22%) Full-Stack Development
7 309 (21.44%) Mentoring
8 287 (19.92%) Event-Driven
9 286 (19.85%) Test Automation
10 283 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
11 280 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 273 (18.95%) AI
13 241 (16.72%) Infrastructure as Code
14 182 (12.63%) Scrum
15 181 (12.56%) Computer Science
16 171 (11.87%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 160 (11.10%) Coaching
18 157 (10.90%) Clean Code
18 157 (10.90%) Technical Leadership
19 152 (10.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 466 (32.34%) Java
2 399 (27.69%) Python
3 307 (21.30%) SQL
4 284 (19.71%) JavaScript
5 272 (18.88%) C#
6 233 (16.17%) TypeScript
7 133 (9.23%) Go
8 51 (3.54%) Scala
9 46 (3.19%) C++
10 45 (3.12%) PHP
11 38 (2.64%) Bash
12 32 (2.22%) C
13 31 (2.15%) Ruby
14 21 (1.46%) PL/SQL
15 19 (1.32%) Kotlin
16 18 (1.25%) PowerShell
16 18 (1.25%) Rust
17 16 (1.11%) Shell Script
18 12 (0.83%) Groovy
19 9 (0.62%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 187 (12.98%) Degree
2 144 (9.99%) Security Cleared
3 105 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 93 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 55 (3.82%) AWS Certification
6 31 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 30 (2.08%) Master's Degree
8 28 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (1.73%) DV Cleared
10 24 (1.67%) CISSP
10 24 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.90%) AWS Certified Developer
12 13 (0.90%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.83%) CISM
14 8 (0.56%) PhD
15 7 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.42%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 5 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.87%) QA
2 33 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 29 (2.01%) GDPR
4 27 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 22 (1.53%) NIST
7 16 (1.11%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.69%) NCSC
10 9 (0.62%) GRC
11 7 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.49%) WCAG
12 6 (0.42%) IFRS
13 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.28%) SLA
15 3 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.14%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.14%) SEPA
17 1 (0.069%) EMIR
System Software
1 435 (30.19%) Docker
2 13 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) Firmware
4 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 457 (31.71%) Kubernetes
2 265 (18.39%) Terraform
3 82 (5.69%) Ansible
4 77 (5.34%) Grafana
5 43 (2.98%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.08%) Argo
7 19 (1.32%) Kibana
8 18 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.69%) Puppet
10 9 (0.62%) HP Fortify
11 7 (0.49%) Cilium
12 4 (0.28%) Istio
12 4 (0.28%) Packer
12 4 (0.28%) Rancher
13 3 (0.21%) Nagios
14 2 (0.14%) MIIS
14 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
15 1 (0.069%) Podman
Vendors
1 141 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.51%) Google
3 47 (3.26%) Oracle
4 45 (3.12%) Typelevel
5 25 (1.73%) OpenAI
6 16 (1.11%) Dynatrace
7 15 (1.04%) AppDynamics
7 15 (1.04%) Red Hat
8 14 (0.97%) IBM
9 12 (0.83%) SAP
9 12 (0.83%) Splunk
10 11 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (0.76%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.69%) Cisco
12 9 (0.62%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.56%) Guidewire
14 7 (0.49%) Adobe
14 7 (0.49%) Databricks
15 6 (0.42%) Juniper
15 6 (0.42%) Software AG